I. Thesis: The church prohibite the freedom of any kind of individual expression which turned the lights out on literature, art, and thinking in that time.
II. Art- The art of the Medieval Period played a huge role in why is was considered the "Dark Ages." A.Anonymous Works B.Early Christian Art C.Gothic Art D.Style restricted by Church E.Examples of Art 1.Konrad Witz a.Altar piece of the Virgin 2.Giotto a.“Kiss of Judas” 3.Duccio di Buoninsegna a.“Stoclet Madonna." III. Literature- The literature of the medieval period can contribute greatly to the common name "The Dark Ages." The literature touches all points and is very complex. A.Latin B.Anonymous writers C.Allegory D.Examples 1.Beowulf, 2.Digenis Acritas 3.The Cloud of Unknowing. IV. Thinking- The center of thinking during The Medieval Period was based upon the Christian bible. Unfortunately, religion controlled the minds of the people. A. Earth revolves around sun
B. Earth was round
C. Encyclopedia Works
V. Events- Many events that took place during this time period had a big influence on why it is considered "dark."
A. Viking invasions in 787-1066 AD.
B. Norman Conquest
The Medieval period was called “Dark” because of the ignorant reliance on religion. Everything from art to the architecture to the medieval human mind was centered around religion or adoration of a higher power. The church prohibited the freedom of any kind of individual expression which turned the lights out on literature, art, and thinking in that time.
The art of the Medieval Period played a huge role in why it was considered the "Dark Ages." Most of the art from the Medieval Period was based on religion and the church. The people and artists of the Medieval Period were restricted from expressing their feelings and what they believed in because the church rule. The art of the Medieval Period was dark and had a lot to do with Christianity and religion. Also there is much art out there but it is hard to find because much of this time period is unwritten history. Christianity ruled the Medieval Period and frightened its followers which led to many of the anonymous works of art. The art of the medieval period covers an enormous amount of time, about 1000 years of art and several art movements. During this time there were eight large-scale movements such as: The Early Christian art, Migration Period art, Celtic art, Byzantine art, Islamic art, Pre-Romanesque art, and Gothic art. The early christan art encompasses mostly from works of art involving mostly old christan themes and structures that were created anfter jesus’s death for worship. Gothic art told stories through pictures from both Christian and secular. The art was called "gothic" because most of the work was very dark and used colors like black, brown, and gray. The only art works that come from the Dark Ages are scenes from the bible, or art portraying Christian events from the time. All of the style presented in this art was branched out from the Roman empire and church restrictions. Since the people from this time were not allowed to express much feeling, they had no choice but to follow the rule of the church because the church was the highest amoung all the people and they ruled everyone. Overall, with the church being on control of the people, they lacked freedom leaving them with no choice but to use their artistic ability and paint imporant religious figures. Some examples of this art are works by Konrad Witz, who made an altar piece of the Virgin, Giotto, who painted "Kiss of Judas," and Duccio di Buoninsegna who is famous for "Stoclet Madonna." All of these artists works depiced religious creations. You can easily realize that Christianity had a strong hold on the art during this time from the religious aspects represented in all of the art works of the Medieval Period.
The literature of the medieval period can contribute greatly to the common name "The Dark Ages." The literature touches all points and is very complex. Latin was a common language for medieval writings because the church was really the only source of education at the time. However, what separates it from the work we see today is its anonymity. An author's role from a period like the medieval as opposed to one like the romantic is very different. They were often restrained by church fathers because the church did hold all the power during this time. Their intimidation made authors ,who either embellished older pieces of work or invented their own, not find the gift of honor be important. The authors during this time often wrote anonymously in order to conceal their identities and avoid a cruel fate. Therefore, much of medieval literature is not claimed to be owned by any specific person. One of the main themes used in medieval literature was allegory, which shows the morals the author had in mind while they were writing their work. This was mostly on the side of the Protestants, as typological and analogical types of allegory, which connects the old and new testaments and give prophecies about the future, respectively. The four main allegories of the medieval age were Le Roman de la Rose, The Divine Comedy, Piers Plowman, and Pearl. Some examples of medieval literature are Beowulf, Digenis Acritas, and The Cloud of Unknowing. Beowulf is an epic poem about a hero and can be seen as one of the most important works of Anglo Saxon literature. Digenis Acritas is also an epic that tells about a hero and is known in many folk songs. Finally, The Cloud of Unknowing is a guidebook to seeking God. It was an inspiration to cryptic searchers. In the end, literature makes the Medieval period dark because of the unacknowledged authors who had a ban on expression.
The center of thinking during The Medieval Period was based upon the Christian bible. Unfortunately, religion controlled the minds of the people. All scientific thoughts that did not follow what was said in the Bible was ignored and considered phony. Some examples include that the Earth revolves around the sun. In the Bible is says how the sun revolves around the Earth. It was discovered that the sun was the center of the universe and the Earth revolved around the sun, although this concept was not argued with because going against the church would result in harsh consequences. Another example of this ignorance to intelligent thinking was the belief that the Earth was round. The Bible talks about how the Earth has four corners, hence the Earth was flat. Once again the belief of the Earth being round was rejected and not proved until later on in history because the church overlooked it. Encyclopedic works, such as Isidore of Seville's Etymologies (623), which attempted to present the collected knowledge of humankind, were compiled. At the center of any learned activity stood the Bible; indeed, all secular learning was regarded as mere preparation for understanding the holy text. Ultimately, thinking freely was repressed by the church, causing no progress in an advance in knowledge.
Many evetns that took place during this time period had a big influence on why it is considered "dark." An event why the medieval period is called "dark" is because of the viking invasions in 787-1066 AD. They were raiding pirates and stole horses while causing disasters. They attacked people anywhere but mainly France. The other people attacked were the Holy Roman Empire and other Christian countries in Europe. This connects to the Medieval period being "dark" because these life changing wars, battles, and invasions like this one caused the people of this time to be scared, freedom less, and poor. "Many buildingd were pillaged, burned, destroyed by the Viking Raids. Many monastaries were pillaged and all abbeys were destroyed. They only left when they acquired sufficient loot or bribes." Another event was the Norman Conquest. This is another invasion in 1066AD of the Kingdom of England. The leader of Normandy (William) lead them and replaced the ruling class in England with French-speaking monarchy, aristocracy, and clerical hierarchy. they got rid of all the traditions and styles of those people who were there and forced their beliefs and language on them. this contributes to dark because of the fighting and people still aren't able to lead the lives the way they want to it was pressed and reinforced upon the people of England. "The Englishmen suffered many casualties."
Outline
I. Thesis: The church prohibite the freedom of any kind of individual expression which turned the lights out on literature, art, and thinking in that time.
II. Art- The art of the Medieval Period played a huge role in why is was considered the "Dark Ages."
A. Anonymous Works
B. Early Christian Art
C. Gothic Art
D. Style restricted by Church
E. Examples of Art
1. Konrad Witz
a. Altar piece of the Virgin
2. Giotto
a. “Kiss of Judas”
3. Duccio di Buoninsegna
a. “Stoclet Madonna."
III. Literature- The literature of the medieval period can contribute greatly to the common name "The Dark Ages." The literature touches all points and is very complex.
A. Latin
B. Anonymous writers
C. Allegory
D. Examples
1. Beowulf,
2. Digenis Acritas
3. The Cloud of Unknowing.
IV. Thinking- The center of thinking during The Medieval Period was based upon the Christian bible. Unfortunately, religion controlled the minds of the people.
A. Earth revolves around sun
B. Earth was round
C. Encyclopedia Works
V. Events- Many events that took place during this time period had a big influence on why it is considered "dark."
A. Viking invasions in 787-1066 AD.
B. Norman Conquest
The Medieval period was called “Dark” because of the ignorant reliance on religion. Everything from art to the architecture to the medieval human mind was centered around religion or adoration of a higher power. The church prohibited the freedom of any kind of individual expression which turned the lights out on literature, art, and thinking in that time.
The art of the Medieval Period played a huge role in why it was considered the "Dark Ages." Most of the art from the Medieval Period was based on religion and the church. The people and artists of the Medieval Period were restricted from expressing their feelings and what they believed in because the church rule. The art of the Medieval Period was dark and had a lot to do with Christianity and religion. Also there is much art out there but it is hard to find because much of this time period is unwritten history. Christianity ruled the Medieval Period and frightened its followers which led to many of the anonymous works of art. The art of the medieval period covers an enormous amount of time, about 1000 years of art and several art movements. During this time there were eight large-scale movements such as: The Early Christian art, Migration Period art, Celtic art, Byzantine art, Islamic art, Pre-Romanesque art, and Gothic art. The early christan art encompasses mostly from works of art involving mostly old christan themes and structures that were created anfter jesus’s death for worship. Gothic art told stories through pictures from both Christian and secular. The art was called "gothic" because most of the work was very dark and used colors like black, brown, and gray. The only art works that come from the Dark Ages are scenes from the bible, or art portraying Christian events from the time. All of the style presented in this art was branched out from the Roman empire and church restrictions. Since the people from this time were not allowed to express much feeling, they had no choice but to follow the rule of the church because the church was the highest amoung all the people and they ruled everyone. Overall, with the church being on control of the people, they lacked freedom leaving them with no choice but to use their artistic ability and paint imporant religious figures. Some examples of this art are works by Konrad Witz, who made an altar piece of the Virgin, Giotto, who painted "Kiss of Judas," and Duccio di Buoninsegna who is famous for "Stoclet Madonna." All of these artists works depiced religious creations. You can easily realize that Christianity had a strong hold on the art during this time from the religious aspects represented in all of the art works of the Medieval Period.
The literature of the medieval period can contribute greatly to the common name "The Dark Ages." The literature touches all points and is very complex. Latin was a common language for medieval writings because the church was really the only source of education at the time. However, what separates it from the work we see today is its anonymity. An author's role from a period like the medieval as opposed to one like the romantic is very different. They were often restrained by church fathers because the church did hold all the power during this time. Their intimidation made authors ,who either embellished older pieces of work or invented their own, not find the gift of honor be important. The authors during this time often wrote anonymously in order to conceal their identities and avoid a cruel fate. Therefore, much of medieval literature is not claimed to be owned by any specific person. One of the main themes used in medieval literature was allegory, which shows the morals the author had in mind while they were writing their work. This was mostly on the side of the Protestants, as typological and analogical types of allegory, which connects the old and new testaments and give prophecies about the future, respectively. The four main allegories of the medieval age were Le Roman de la Rose, The Divine Comedy, Piers Plowman, and Pearl. Some examples of medieval literature are Beowulf, Digenis Acritas, and The Cloud of Unknowing. Beowulf is an epic poem about a hero and can be seen as one of the most important works of Anglo Saxon literature. Digenis Acritas is also an epic that tells about a hero and is known in many folk songs. Finally, The Cloud of Unknowing is a guidebook to seeking God. It was an inspiration to cryptic searchers. In the end, literature makes the Medieval period dark because of the unacknowledged authors who had a ban on expression.
The center of thinking during The Medieval Period was based upon the Christian bible. Unfortunately, religion controlled the minds of the people. All scientific thoughts that did not follow what was said in the Bible was ignored and considered phony. Some examples include that the Earth revolves around the sun. In the Bible is says how the sun revolves around the Earth. It was discovered that the sun was the center of the universe and the Earth revolved around the sun, although this concept was not argued with because going against the church would result in harsh consequences. Another example of this ignorance to intelligent thinking was the belief that the Earth was round. The Bible talks about how the Earth has four corners, hence the Earth was flat. Once again the belief of the Earth being round was rejected and not proved until later on in history because the church overlooked it. Encyclopedic works, such as Isidore of Seville's Etymologies (623), which attempted to present the collected knowledge of humankind, were compiled. At the center of any learned activity stood the Bible; indeed, all secular learning was regarded as mere preparation for understanding the holy text. Ultimately, thinking freely was repressed by the church, causing no progress in an advance in knowledge.
Many evetns that took place during this time period had a big influence on why it is considered "dark." An event why the medieval period is called "dark" is because of the viking invasions in 787-1066 AD. They were raiding pirates and stole horses while causing disasters. They attacked people anywhere but mainly France. The other people attacked were the Holy Roman Empire and other Christian countries in Europe. This connects to the Medieval period being "dark" because these life changing wars, battles, and invasions like this one caused the people of this time to be scared, freedom less, and poor. "Many buildingd were pillaged, burned, destroyed by the Viking Raids. Many monastaries were pillaged and all abbeys were destroyed. They only left when they acquired sufficient loot or bribes." Another event was the Norman Conquest. This is another invasion in 1066AD of the Kingdom of England. The leader of Normandy (William) lead them and replaced the ruling class in England with French-speaking monarchy, aristocracy, and clerical hierarchy. they got rid of all the traditions and styles of those people who were there and forced their beliefs and language on them. this contributes to dark because of the fighting and people still aren't able to lead the lives the way they want to it was pressed and reinforced upon the people of England. "The Englishmen suffered many casualties."